The 1930 college football rankings ranked the best teams participating in the 1930 college football season.
Champions (by method) Various different rankings (using differing methodologies) have identified Alabama or Notre Dame as champion.
Berryman QPRS: Alabama Billingsley Report: Notre Dame Bonniwell Trophy vote: Notre Dame Boand System: Notre Dame College Football Researchers Association: Alabama Parke H. Davis: Alabama Dickinson System: Notre Dame Dunkel System: Notre Dame Erskine Trophy poll: Notre Dame Helms Athletic Foundation: Notre Dame Houlgate System: Notre Dame National Championship Foundation: Notre Dame Poling System: Notre Dame Sagarin Ratings Elo chess method: Alabama Sagarin Ratings Predictor method: Alabama Note: Boand System, Dickinson System, Dunkel System, Houlgate System, Erskine Trophy poll, and Bonniwell Trophy vote were given contemporarily. All other rankings were given retroactively
Dickinson System
The Dickinson System was a mathematical rating system devised by University of Illinois economics professor Frank G. Dickinson.
Notre Dame, Washington State and Alabama, all unbeaten and untied at the end of the regular season, were ranked first, second and third by Dickinson, with the Irish getting the higher rating based on their opposition."Notre Dame's Easy Win Over S.C. Gives Irish National Title," The Lima (O.) News, December 7, 1930, p23 The ratings were made before the 1931 Rose Bowl that matched Washington State and Alabama, with Alabama winning, 24 to 0. Notre Dame did not participate in a postseason bowl game.
Rank Team Record Rating 1 Notre Dame 10–0 25.13 2 Washington State 9–0 20.44 3 Alabama 9–0 20.18 4 Northwestern 7–1 18.63 5 Michigan 8–0–1 18.34 6 USC 8–2 17.98 7 Stanford 9–1–1 17.92 8 Dartmouth 7–1–1 17.11 9 Army 9–1–1 16.66 10 Tennessee 9–1 16.15 11 Tulane 8–1 16.05
Notes
See also
1930 College Football All-America Team
References